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We are having a wonderful time! Darlene and Carol arrived Friday afternoon and we jumped back in my car to head to Kohl's for a bit of shopping--imagine that! We then went out for a fish fry at our favorite restaurant! Yesterday was a fun-filled day--and an long one................. LJ arrived around a bit after 7 and we headed to Camp Stamp-in-Oga where Terry met us at the hotel doors with a big smile and hugs! We had a great morning in class, making 5 sweet cards! I won a raffle prize (a stamp set) and also took 2nd place in one of the card challenges (I won one of the new in-color ink pads and some cardstock-Strawberry Slush--yummy color!) The picture below is from the class.

We then had lunch and made a trip to Creative Pals to check out the Whipper Snapper selections as well as the other lines they carry--and we each walked out with a package of new toys! Then a quick stop at Kopp's for a frozen custard cone! Back to my house with Terry along for a wonderful class on coloring with a local friend--awesome information! Supper late with Rebecca making salmon and some interesting salads--it seemed everyone liked the meal..... We chatted around the table until 11:00, when Terry left to drive home and we all went to bed.

This morning we all went to church and have had a change of plans for the rest of the day. Originally we were going to head to the Harley-Davidson restaurant for lunch, a ride along Lake Shore Drive and then a tour of a local brewery that makes soda as well as beer. Well--we are all OK with just staying here and playing with ink and paper, sharing stamps and other supplies and chatting.

Tomorrow, Jeanette arrives and Terry is coming back to join us for a mini-shoebox swap. We may take another trip to Creative Pals with Jeanette and a stop at another LSS. I am sure tomorrow will be a day with lots and lots of laughs and I will post more pictures!

We had the t tops off today and went to our local street fair, then to an art festival a few towns away. We ate lunch el fresco, then had ice cream at the purple cow. Black raspberry and chocolate. It was yummy! Dh wants to go out for dinner. It's been an exhausting day but fun. We still like to ride around listening to loud music .

Pansy, we have had rattlesnakes in our yard several times. Our backyard is fenced and so the local fire department comes and collects the snake and lets it go someplace in the desert. It's quite something to watch! You do learn to look before you step outside! BTW, we do have forests in the desert but not like you think of forests!

Barb, thanks so much for sharing your day with us in word and pictures! Your time together sounds marvelous and I so wish I could be there with you!

Our gourmet club dinner went off very well. We had invited extra guests to share our dinner and everyone had a good time. After all the preparation activities the last couple days I'm being a lazy slug today. I did make it to church this a.m., did one load of laundry and changed sheets on our bed and that's it so far. DH has requested spagetti for dinner tonight so I will be making that in a couple hours. Along with a green salad and garlic bread and that will be dinner. We're having another warm day here with temps in the low to mid 90s and quite breezy.

My Regional Chorus Contest was this past weekend. (You may recall Janet's was two weeks ago, we are in the same international organization) My chorus took Third overall and Second in Midsize. We are very happy, and there is a small chance our score will qualify us for International in Baltimore, assuming the #1 midsize group wants to go against the big choruses (very likely). Keeping fingers crossed for next few weeks while all the other Regions finish their contests; then we will know if our score holds up

My Regional Chorus Contest was this past weekend. (You may recall Janet's was two weeks ago, we are in the same international organization) My chorus took Third overall and Second in Midsize. We are very happy, and there is a small chance our score will qualify us for International in Baltimore, assuming the #1 midsize group wants to go against the big choruses (very likely). Keeping fingers crossed for next few weeks while all the other Regions finish their contests; then we will know if our score holds up

Congratulations!!! I'm SO glad you did well!!

I'll see you in Baltimore!!

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Originally Posted by mamadwawa

I don't mind Mondays, because Monday is quartet rehearsal! Though today we are just going to lunch. Big weekend after all

And we didn't have rehersal the week aftercompetition either - we were too tired!!
We had our first rehersal last week.

Pansy, we have had rattlesnakes in our yard several times. Our backyard is fenced and so the local fire department comes and collects the snake and lets it go someplace in the desert. It's quite something to watch! You do learn to look before you step outside! BTW, we do have forests in the desert but not like you think of forests!Never had one in the backyard....but we see them sometimes in other places. So far I have photos of timber rattlesnake (captive specimen-at a reptile photo workshop), a Masaguana (one of the smaller species) taken at an area wetlands/refuge but wild specimen....and a prairie rattlesnake--took about 200 images of him/her one summer night,,,,was most cooperative.....My DH goes bonkers when I do snake shots as he can't stand them.....and I'm not stupid...I wear boots, long pants and stay out of striking range...using my long lenses usually.....

elayne, I'm not a fan of snakes either. We've lived in AZ going on 9 years and we know for certain that we've had a rattlesnake in our backyard 4 times when we've had the fire dept. come a collect it. Several days ago my DH showed me a long snake that had gone into our pond, currently drained, but it wasn't a rattlesnake. My DH watched it leave and he said it moved so fast he could hardly believe it! By the way, my name is Judy.

I do not like snakes, I do not like spiders, I do not like mice....unless they are house mouse cute stamp kind! And I live in the country where we have every knitter imaginable. I won't even go in the garage without turning the light on and opening the door. Dh keeps taps set and removes the unmentionables usually before I have to see them.

Morning...not a fan of snakes at all....but we do have rattlers up here in north country

Yep you do...probably the timber rattlesnake in the rocky, forest areas and the prairie rattler on the grasslands/prairie of your provinces.......may be another one....don't have my reference books here with me today.

Here in VA we have most of the ones you have Pansy - we have water moccasins (cottonmouths), copperheads, rattlesnakes. Then we have non-poisonous snakes - king snakes, black snakes, corn snakes, green snakes. I am not fond of snakes - I remember feeding black snakes (constrictors) in High School - we had raised their food. Those mice! EEWW!!

This rain does do some good - makes the pollen so much lower so it's breathable (for those of us with allergies) outside right now.

Lynn - I replaced the blade in my Fiskars cutter for the first time yesterday. I hope all goes well this time - I had one of these cutters before and frayed the wire marking where to cut. JoAnn's replaced that cutter.

I do not like snakes, I do not like spiders, I do not like mice....unless they are house mouse cute stamp kind! And I live in the country where we have every knitter imaginable. I won't even go in the garage without turning the light on and opening the door. Dh keeps taps set and removes the unmentionables usually before I have to see them.